Nairobi National Park

Photos by WILL KNOCKER:

Brian Finch the NNP afficianado & bird expert has just identified the 529th sp. of bird for NNP.

Above a Crowned eagle with it’s leopard-like talons…..

Kori bustard, the world’s heaviest flying bird…..

Marabou stork which breeds in the city centre & feeds at the city rubbish dump…..

Malachite kingfisher on the Empakasi river….

The park is a major breeding area for Crowned cranes….

Great white pelicans pass through from time to time……..

Hamerkop- a frog-eater, in it’s element……

There are currently large numbers of Helmeted guineafowl in the park after a successful breeding year: food for Martial eagles (2 pairs at least in the park: see next post………)